c) Embrace the dissonance, make noisy music and call it experimental.
d) Find chords you like from somewhere else and sample them.
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Just to add another test case, here are the chords on u-he’s Prophet-5 emulation on the init patch with two saw waves, filter wide open, and sustain maxed:
Sounds good to me 
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Hope the notes are right 
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Is there a way not to have that pulsing/beating?
How much do I owe you for this therapy session?
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I think that’s the PWM you’re referring to.
Not necessary. It can be a saw.
Are you asking me to do the notes again without the “pulsing”?
Not only you, all who took their time to do it.
Yes.
I just asked if it s possible. I couldn t.
I hear tonal shifts I call “phasing” happening in that recording. If that’s the same thing you’re concerned about…
They’re unavoidable using such a bright oscillation and no filtering. The broad spread harmonics of the sound cancel/accentuate other harmonics as their oscillations fall in and out of sync/superposition.
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Try the chords on piano and really listen. Can you hear the pulsing and beating there? Certain note combinations do this naturally. It can be used to tune a guitar for example.
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PWM rate 0
I think @Octagonist is right: different frequencies travelling at different rates. Or something.
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Yep, and the pulsing adds a subtle sense of movement. Sounds really good to my ears.
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Some of the instruments in a gamelan come in matched pairs. The pairs are deliberately tuned slightly apart so that when struck together, they cause this beating. Gamelan music is, in part, about this beating, not about the tune/pitch of the instruments as played.
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You’re onto some new physics if you figure out how to cancel phase cancellation.
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You’re dredging up all my regret about not buying that Alpha Juno for £250 a couple of years back.
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Afaik this beating will happen on any instrument that uses the Equal Temperament tuning system (ie. almost all synths). This is because ET tuning is slightly “out of tune” compared to simple tuning ratios used in Just Intonation systems. The bright timbres achievable on synthesizers make this more apparent than it would be on acoustic instruments.
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The data entry wheel sucks.
Oh, but you love your DX7. Carry on.
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I know what u say, but on the Virus doesn t sound that great. There r tricks to cover up, just don t want this, just to know if some other synth does it better.
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